Pesotum vs Royal

A side-by-side comparison of Pesotum and Royal: population, income, housing, and more.

Pesotum and Royal are places in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Pesotum has the higher population (538 vs 313 in Royal). Royal has the higher median household income ($93,500 vs $76,875 in Pesotum). Pesotum has the higher median home value ($160,800 vs $144,600 in Royal).

Population, income & housing

	Pesotum	Royal
Population	538	313
Median age	45.9 yrs	40.1 yrs
Median household income	$76,875	$93,500
Median home value	$160,800	$144,600
Median gross rent	$1,500	$1,109
Housing units	246	142
Homeownership rate	88.3%	86.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.7%	24.1%
Unemployment rate	7.6%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pesotum	Royal
Population	508 → 538 (+5.9%)	327 → 313 (-4.3%)
Median household income	$74,861 → $76,875 (+2.7%)	$82,750 → $93,500 (+13.0%)
Median home value	$115,700 → $160,800 (+39.0%)	$152,200 → $144,600 (-5.0%)
Median gross rent	$825 → $1,500 (+81.8%)	$1,300 → $1,109 (-14.7%)

Pesotum

Population

508538

Median household income

$74,861$76,875

Median home value

$115,700$160,800

Median gross rent

$825$1,500

Royal

Population

327313

Median household income

$82,750$93,500

Median home value

$152,200$144,600

Median gross rent

$1,300$1,109

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Pesotum	Royal
Under 5	7.4%	1.6%
5 to 17	18.6%	18.5%
18 to 24	4.1%	8.3%
25 to 34	7.8%	13.4%
35 to 44	8.2%	11.2%
45 to 54	15.4%	10.5%
55 to 64	21.0%	13.1%
65 to 74	9.3%	11.8%
75 and over	8.2%	11.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pesotum	Royal
White (non-Hispanic)	96.1%	90.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	8.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.4%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	3.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pesotum	Royal
No high school diploma	2.7%	1.3%
High school graduate	39.4%	33.0%
Some college or associate's	33.2%	41.5%
Bachelor's degree	20.2%	17.9%
Graduate or professional degree	4.5%	6.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pesotum	Royal
Drove alone	81.0%	82.0%
Carpooled	9.3%	7.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.7%	9.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pesotum	Royal
1-unit, detached	98.8%	90.8%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	0.4%	7.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Pesotum	Royal
Poverty rate	7.0%	1.9%
Average household size	2.34	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	27	30
Median year structure built	1962	1963